What else did I do wrong? I did not honor the dog. Lupe clearly did not want to walk on that trail, so I should have just taken her home. Our dogs often have to face unavoidable scary things – like going to vet or dealing with thunderstorms. Why do we also force unimportant, unnecessary, scary things on to them? I tried to coax Lupe to walk on the trail because that is what I wanted. It wasn’t what she wanted.